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Invisible Quarkonium Decays as a Sensitive Probe of Dark Matter
We examine in a model-independent manner the measurements that can be
performed at B-factories with sensitivity to dark matter. If a singlet scalar,
pseudo-scalar, or vector is present and mediates the Standard Model - dark
matter interaction, it can mediate invisible decays of quarkonium states such
as the , , and . Such scenarios have arisen in the
context of supersymmetry, extended Higgs sectors, solutions the supersymmetric
problem, and extra U(1) gauge groups from grand unified theories and
string theory. Existing B-factories running at the can produce
lower resonances by emitting an Initial State Radiation (ISR)
photon. Using a combination of ISR and radiative decays, the initial state of
an invisibly decaying quarkonium resonance can be tagged, giving sensitivity to
the spin and CP-nature of the particle that mediates standard model-dark matter
interactions. These measurements can discover or place strong constraints on
dark matter scenarios where the dark matter is approximately lighter than the
-quark. For the decay chains
(n=2,3) we analyze the dominant backgrounds and determine that with collected at the , the B-factories can limit
BR(\Upsilon(1S) \to invisible) \lsim 0.1%.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in PR
Hadron Production via e+e- Collisions with Initial State Radiation
A novel method of studying e+e- annihilation into hadrons using initial state
radiation at e+e- colliders is described. After brief history of the method,
its theoretical foundations are considered. Numerous experiments in which
exclusive cross sections of e+e- annihilation into hadrons below the
center-of-mass energy of 5 GeV have been measured are presented. Some
applications of the results obtained to fundamental tests of the Standard Model
are listed.Comment: 50 pages, 88 figures, accepted for publication in Rev. Mod. Phy
Woe from stones: commemoration, identity politics and Estonia's 'War of Monuments'
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New results on the hadronic vacuum polarization to the muon g-2
Results on the lowest-order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the
muon magnetic anomaly are presented. They are based on the latest published
experimental data used as input to the dispersion integral. Thus recent results
on tau to nutau pi pi0 decays from Belle and on e+ e- annihilation to pi+ pi-
from BABAR and KLOE are included. The new data, together with improved
isospin-breaking corrections for tau decays, result into a much better
consistency among the different results. A discrepancy between the Standard
Model prediction and the direct g-2 measurement is found at the level of 3
sigma.Comment: proceedings of the PhiPsi09 conference, Oct. 13-16, 2009, Beijing,
Chin
The interference in the reaction and the search for the decay
We describe the interference between amplitudes and ,
where meson is considered in the frameworks of the four-quark model and
the model of the scalar molecule. The general expressions for the
differential cross section with the radiative corrections and two angle cuts
are given. The interference patterns are obtained in the spectrum of the
differential cross section by the energy of the photon and in the full cross
section by the energy of the beams.Comment: 21 pages, revtex, 8 ps files of figure
Measurement of the cross section with the CMD-3 detector at the VEPP-2000 collider
The process has been studied in the
center-of-mass energy range from 1500 to 2000\,MeV using a data sample of 23
pb collected with the CMD-3 detector at the VEPP-2000 collider.
Using about 24000 selected events, the cross
section has been measured with a systematic uncertainty decreasing from 11.7\%
at 1500-1600\,MeV to 6.1\% above 1800\,MeV. A preliminary study of
production dynamics has been performed
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